Sunday, March 08, 2009

Ishbel

I'm back from a wonderful week in the Lake District with lots of finished items to show you. Firstly, Ishbel from Ysolda's Whimsical Little Knits collection.It has been cold in the office recently and I have been wearing my swallowtail shawl to death. I fancied a little bit of lace and fell in love with this simple scarf/shawl.It is knit using The Yarn Yard "Beautiful - BFL" yarn we got as our end of September Solids club parcel. This photo below is about as true a likeness as I can get. The yarn has been overdyed so has a purply sheen to it. I wanted to make a shawl from this, it is too good to be hidden away in shoes.An easily memorised lace pattern made this just fly along on my commute to work and made a nice change from socks!So I had a lovely new scarf to wear in chilly Keswick last week!Started: 15th FebruaryFinished: 27th FebruaryPattern:Ishbel by YsoldaYarn: The Yarn yard "Beautiful" in September solids clubNeedles: 3.75mm addi lace turbosComments: A quick and simple lace pattern. Not as soft as my swallowtail (well that is silk and cashmere) but this will no doubt get a lot of wear.

6 comments:

Wow, that's beautiful. I think I might try this pattern, as it isn't too much lace. I love knitting lace now, but the large amount of stocking stitch means I can knit on the bus. My memory isn't as good as yours!

Oh that's very nice! I also have that yarn (I think, the colour changes all the time - was it the first of the offerings?) and think it looks fabulous in here. I must take it OUT of the sock yarn solids box and put it in with my scarf yarns!